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Laws in 3 states fall short in giving legislatures veto power over EPA's Clean Power Plan

Scott Detrow, E&E reporter

Published: Friday, April 10, 2015

Three additional states have passed laws granting legislators input on how their state responds to U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan. But unlike the law West Virginia enacted earlier this year, the new measures fall far short of model legislation promoted by the influential American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC.